diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index bf54fce05b..532e37565d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -1989,6 +1989,13 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext {
      * - decoding: unused
      */
     int cutoff;
+
+    /**
+     * multiplied by qscale for each frame and added to scene_change_score
+     * - encoding: set by user.
+     * - decoding: unused
+     */
+    int scenechange_factor;
 } AVCodecContext;
 
 /**
diff --git a/libavcodec/motion_est.c b/libavcodec/motion_est.c
index 10b1db9232..526773b897 100644
--- a/libavcodec/motion_est.c
+++ b/libavcodec/motion_est.c
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ void ff_estimate_p_frame_motion(MpegEncContext * s,
             if (vard <= 64<<8 || vard < varc) { //FIXME
                 c->scene_change_score+= ff_sqrt(vard) - ff_sqrt(varc);
             }else{
-                c->scene_change_score+= s->qscale;
+                c->scene_change_score+= s->qscale * s->avctx->scenechange_factor;
             }
             return;
         }
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ void ff_estimate_p_frame_motion(MpegEncContext * s,
         if (vard <= 64<<8 || vard < varc)
             c->scene_change_score+= ff_sqrt(vard) - ff_sqrt(varc);
         else
-            c->scene_change_score+= s->qscale;
+            c->scene_change_score+= s->qscale * s->avctx->scenechange_factor;
 
         if(mb_type == CANDIDATE_MB_TYPE_INTER){
             c->sub_motion_search(s, &mx, &my, dmin, 0, 0, 0, 16);
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ void ff_estimate_p_frame_motion(MpegEncContext * s,
         if (vard <= 64<<8 || vard < varc)
             c->scene_change_score+= ff_sqrt(vard) - ff_sqrt(varc);
         else
-            c->scene_change_score+= s->qscale;
+            c->scene_change_score+= s->qscale * s->avctx->scenechange_factor;
 
         if (vard*2 + 200*256 > varc)
             mb_type|= CANDIDATE_MB_TYPE_INTRA;
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ void ff_estimate_p_frame_motion(MpegEncContext * s,
         if (vard <= 64<<8 || vard < varc) { //FIXME
             c->scene_change_score+= ff_sqrt(vard) - ff_sqrt(varc);
         }else{
-            c->scene_change_score+= s->qscale;
+            c->scene_change_score+= s->qscale * s->avctx->scenechange_factor;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1843,7 +1843,7 @@ void ff_estimate_b_frame_motion(MpegEncContext * s,
 /*            if (vard <= 64<<8 || vard < varc) {
                 c->scene_change_score+= ff_sqrt(vard) - ff_sqrt(varc);
             }else{
-                c->scene_change_score+= s->qscale;
+                c->scene_change_score+= s->qscale * s->avctx->scenechange_factor;
             }*/
             return;
         }
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index dc826c8b35..3e450cbeff 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ static AVOption options[]={
 {"partp4x4", NULL, 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, X264_PART_P4X4, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "partitions"},
 {"partp8x8", NULL, 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, X264_PART_P8X8, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "partitions"},
 {"partb8x8", NULL, 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, X264_PART_B8X8, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "partitions"},
+{"sc_factor", NULL, OFFSET(scenechange_factor), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, 6, 0, INT_MAX, V|E},
 {NULL},
 };